Drying apparatus



P. FLEURY.

DRYING APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 20, 1920.

1,410,905. Patented Mar. 28,1922,

filler/:

- subject o t' the Kin of Great the invention DAVID ROBERTSON,

DRYING- .arrana'rus.

Original applicatiomfiled Noveiriberfl, 1919, Serial N0. 339,701.

I p i Serial No. #25,?15-[ ve nber 20, 1920.

To all whom it 97mg). concern.

Be it known that I, PHILORUM FninnzY; a

, Britain, residing atMontreal, rovince of Quebec, Cauada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Drying. Apparatii s; and v I do hereby declare that the followinglis a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as Will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. y t i The present invention relates to apparatuses vwherein large quantities. of fish may be driedfin a comparatively short time and is a division oi. my co-pending application filedNovember 21st 1919, Serial No. 339,701.

One of the principal purposes of the present invention is to provide a number ot fish Within the drying room.

infurtherobject of thepresent invention in connection with such dryingapparatuses whereby a number of fish may. besustained Within a dryinigroom and supported and retained in position With as little injury as possible to the fish. v The aboveand other objects will be readily ascertained from the description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings in Which: l 1

Figure 1 is a diagrammatical view of the apparatus embodying the preferred form of Figure 2 is an enlarged detail side elevation of the fish support;

Figure 3 is a cross section of the same showing the fish holders in closed position; and, v i g Figure 4 is a similar view. showing the fish holders in opened position.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawings wherein like and corresponding parts are designated. by similar reference characters throughoutthe several views. 1

I have shown an entirely closed room or casing 1 having journaled therein a vertical shaft 23. This shaft is formed With a vertical rectangular plate 24; Supported Within the room 1 is a steam turbine 25 and this turbine is connected to the shaft 23 so that upon the operation of the turbine the shaft 23 will be caused to rotate. The numeral 26 Specification of Letters'Patent.

a drying appara-v tus of this character With means lior holdmg tor 39 and leadingm un c ion with? th i A EN FFI :enrnonmvr Franny, or MONTREAL, eunnn oanana}nssreivoaor ONEHALF TO or MONTREAL; QuEBEo, 'oaNAnA.--

indicates the j boiler of andordinary steam.

Patented Mar. 28, 1922; Divided and this application filed Nogenerator-and leadingjjfromthis boiler is a p1pe 25 Suitably;- connected to thispipe-2T g to the turbine 25 :and

is a pipe 28 leading: arranged Within this The; steam from .the tank 26. when permitted pipe 2?,is a Valve29s to enter the turbine 25 -\Vlll1(32 LU.S8 the latter to revolve and the; exhaust steam from' this i turbinemay pass fromtheioutlet. pipe'30.

Iocreate avacuum ithin theroom 1' a i 1mm P mp sp o edsw ch is in.

COIHIlllllllQfltlOIlf Witll the room ljby. means of I a pipe 32 andthispipe.

ranged therein. I .A ,motor;

1s in communicationwithf the pipe 27;

munication with an air pump .38;

steam supply piped Pip?! I27 leading hasavalve 33 ar-w.

34 v is provided which is operatively connected to thevacuuni pump for operating the same and a steam. supply pipe 35 leads to thissteam pump and] y For supplying dryfairlto the room l pipe 36 is providedhaving avalve 37 ar i I: ranged therein and thisfpipe .36 is ;:in corn Operatively connected; to-the air pump 38' isa mo,- 1,- from thisemotor 39. is a n end t is sn p in l m; (th bo r? 26-. Y A r e v i -r4 s ;p vided contalnnig sulphuric acid or any other suitable drying agent and this. reservoir 41 has anair inlet opening 42. Leading from the reservoir in communication with the pipe 36by means of the auxiliary pipe 44 and this auxiliary pipe has a valve 45 arranged therein.

In using the apparatus a vacuum can be created Within the room 1 by means of the vacuum pump, but When creating a vacuum inthe room 1 the valves 29 and 37 are closed so as to discontinu 'the rotationof the turbine 25 and the supply of air to the room 1. isdesired to admit dry air to this room, the valves 37 and 45 are opened and the dry air will immediately pass into the room. the pressurevvithin theroom is equal to the outside pressure and it is desired to supply additional dry air to the room, the valve 45 is closed and the pump 38 set into operation,

wherein the dry air'will be forced into the.

41 is a pipe 43 which is in oommunication with 'thepump 38 and also When When a vacuum has been created and it,

' -pins tf the stationary rack section 51 and- 'trated inF'ig'ure 3- by means members 54; 'In-this'm'anner,

. be "easily "and readily removed from the-racks when "i otja'ted, vthe ater, contained Each of these -jectin'g' finsor'pl p the fish whereb the latter will be retained between the sections of each rack. In sup- I a'degree of pressure air be reached within the room, The numeral-v 47'indicates a barometer for indicating the outside pressure and 48 is a barometer for indicating the pressure within the room. The numeral 49 indicates an ordinary thermometer and 50 indicates a. hydrometer moisture can-mines within the room.

For 1 supporting the" fish upon each of the plate 24, suitable racks or gripping mer'n bers are employed, which securely hold the fish to the 'sup'porting plate and permit the fish to be revolved within the drying room. These racks'each comprise two sections,-'one of which, mdicated by the numeralv 51, is stationary, whereasthe other section 52 is pivot-any connected-as at 53 wine lateaa sections consists of the up er and lower horizontal bars which are connected by a plurality ofspaced parallel bars, and

these parallel bar's'fare provided with m,

ns which are adapted to'grip porting the fish-upon the, plate 24, they are suitably placed upon the gripping teeth o1" then are clamped orretained in' position by means of the swinging seet-ions52. "These sections are locked together, as is better illusof the latch the fish may with but little injur'yfto the "fish, but oncelocked position upon "the racks,- they will not become loose and when thera'c'ks are upon the fish will" be forced therefrom by for, indicating the pipe communicating the centrifugal Having thus fully described my invention. what I claim-as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:-

1. An apparatus of comprising a closed room, fish supporting racks arranged within said room, a turbine for rotating said racks, a vacuum pump comimunicating with said room, an air supply said turbine, vacuum pump and drying a1r supply pump, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

described comprising asupporting shaft, a

plate formed with said shaft, racks secured to each side of said plate, said racks comprising a stationary 'member and a pivot'ally mounted member, and means for said members together.

3. A fish support for drying apparatuses comprising a vertical supporting plate, racks secured to the oppositefa'ces of said plate, said racks each consisting of a stationary and a movable section, and means for clamping such sections together.

4. A lrying apparatus of the character described comprising a supporting plate, a rack secured to the opposite faces "of said plate, each vrack consisting'of a stationary section and a swinging section, each section locking the character described A V p with said room, and asingle. steam generatlng set for operatlng lrying apparatus of the. character I consisting of horizontal bars and vertical parallel bars, each vertical bar, andmeans for clamping said sections together. Y

' In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand;

a plurality of pins formed with PHILORU'M FLEURY, 

